At the same time supplementary food such as fortified yoghurt, biscuits, fortified bread and fortified food supplements with different nutritional qualities, will be sourced from the private sector which will enhance the local economy,' he stated.
1997 Balanced Budget and Taxpayer Relief Act. SUMMARY: The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (a spending bill) and the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (a tax bill) legislated the elimination of the annual budget deficit by 2002.n the end, tax revenues were increasing at such a rate that the federal budget went into surplus several years ahead of schedule in FY 1998 and continued in surplus in 1999, 2000, and 2001. FURTHER INFORMATION: Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Pub. Law No.: 105-33).
On October 28, 2015, the House passed HR 1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 by a vote of 266-167. The bill increased military and domestic spending levels and suspended the debt ceiling until March 2017. Duckworth voted with 186 Democrats and 79 Republicans in favor of the bill.